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This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced HR practitioner to advance their HR career within a world leading organisation and play a key role driving the delivery of strategic people priorities.
The London College of Fashion (LCF) has recently relocated to a purpose-built campus at East Bank, Stratford. As the HR Business Partner for the London College of Fashion, you will lead on Business Partnering work within the College and support the leadership and management of the people management agenda. You will work collaboratively with other UAL colleagues on the delivery of UAL's commitments to the London Legacy Development Corporation in relation to LCF East Bank and form valued relationships with UAL's external East Bank partners.
You will be required to build strong and effective working relationships with the College Executive Group and work closely with the LCF Head of College to focus on:
- Organisational and people capability building
- Longer term resource planning and the introduction of Apprenticeships
- Succession management planning
- Using business insights to drive change in people management practices
- Leading and advising on the people implications of organisational change
You will be expected to quickly grasp the unique challenges and opportunities at LCF. Additionally, you will offer advice, coaching and support to less experienced colleagues.
About you
You must have demonstrable experience of developing strong working relationships and of being a trusted colleague. As well as being CIPD qualified (MCIPD), you will possess a working knowledge of contemporary approaches to business planning, organisational design, workforce planning, strategic resourcing, capability management and change management.
You should have experience of working as a HR Business Partner in a large organisation, with experience of leading change, workforce planning, and strategic resource planning. A high level of coaching skills and the ability to coach senior leaders is equally important.
Experience and understanding of organisational design is essential, as is experience and understanding of capability management tools and techniques, including learning and development.
We are UAL
University of the Arts London (UAL) offers an extensive range of courses in art, design, fashion, communication and performing arts. We are a collegiate University spread across London with six Colleges, four Institutes and five Research Centres.
We are ranked highly across the board. We are ranked first for specialist art and design, second in the world for Art and Design in the 2022 QS World University Rankings (for the fifth year in a row), ranked fifth in sustainability and two of our colleges were rated in the top three fashion schools in the world.
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Closing date: 23:55, 11th February 2024.
If you have any queries about this role or need any reasonable adjustments for your application, please contact Zele Akhilele, Resourcing Adviser via email at Peoplestaffrecruitment@arts.ac.uk
UAL is committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments for all staff and students to work and learn – a university where we can be ourselves and reach our full potential. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and Staff Support Networks. We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds, including race, disability, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion and belief, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, and caring responsibility.
